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Native American History People
Who Made It Happen
Henry Knox
Henry Knox (1750-1806) served as Secretary of War under President George Washington and as a Major-General during the American Revolution. Born in Boston, he left school at age eleven to clerk in a...
Alexander McGillivray
Alexander McGillivray (1750-1793) was a powerful Creek chief. In 1790, he negotiated the Treaty of New York, winning federal recognition of vast Creek territories in the southeastern United States....
Richard Henry Pratt
Richard Henry Pratt (1849-1924) was the founder of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Born in New York, Pratt spent his youth in Indiana and served in the Indiana Volunteer infantry and cavalry...
Major Ridge
Major Ridge (1771-1839) was a Cherokee leader instrumental in reforming the Cherokee government and drafting its constitution during the 1820s. He is best remembered for signing the Treaty of New E...
Wovoka
Wovoka, a.k.a. Jack Wilson (ca. 1856-1932) was a Paiute mystic responsible for the revival of the Ghost Dance in 1890. Born in western Nevada, he took on the name of the white rancher, David Wilson...
